Consciousness Shift - What's Going on with Everyone - Questions and Support

[veloci]

For a day, simply act like you had very little time left to live. Part of me is still very afraid of doing that, yet I am slowly applying it for every moment now. It sounds fun as heck though. Soon I probably won't give a flip and live like I literally have no time left. =)

[AngelPsychic444]

Originally Posted by Johnnymc

Chris and AngelPsychic

Thanks for your responses..
I look around and see all of the other people as "succeeding" and I am happy for them and try not to be jealous or envious and I then ask myself what are they doing that I'm not..and suddenly it came to me..what I perceive as success, the aformentioned people see as "normal". Maybe since I've placed a label on what I want I have in a sense put it out of reach for myself. In other words, those who are a "success" by my standards do not view themselves as "successful"..they view themselves as just normal people. Then maybe the only difference between myself and them is that I have a limiting belief system.
Its amazing what conclusions I can come to when I babble enough..lol

Those are very good insights you'e having about success Johnny! Just last summer, I had a realization that kind of really woke up me about success. I had been spending the summer not doing much since my ascension symptoms were very intense and I just felt I should pull back and take it easy. I was also "depressed" that my summer was not so great and how other people were having a wonderful time, I felt as if I had missed my whole summer and lost out and yet another wonderful time. Then my guides jumped in and said, "look at your summer from an ancension point of view", and I had to admit that from that point of view, it was VERY successful.

And I also had the realization that going to parties and having a good time in the summer with friends, was kind of old 3D thinking, and I HAD to let it go. My guides advised that everything I do in life, at this time, should be considered in light of my ascension, everything else does not matter. So in those terms I was being very successful and I felt wonderful again.

So it's our old 3D thinking we really need to release at this time, that's such an important point, I know it's hard to do, to look out at what others are doing and see how wonderful their lives are, but ours are too, we just have to look at it from another perspective.

[ChrisL]

Veloci - If you're only going to try this on for 1 day, then really feel like that day is your last day ever. Do not hold back anything. You might be suprised about the amount of clarity that comes from it. For you in particular - Don't hold back what you want to say. If you have a feeling coming up, esp with regards to someone else (i.e. love, admiration, attraction, sadness, anger), then share it immediately - don't wait.

It is beyond fun and moves into freaking amazing!

Johnny and AngelPsychic - This is an interesting time to be sure. Not comparing ourselves to anyone, even our past selves, is really important right now. Not getting caught up in social consciousness (i.e. this is what I should have/do/say) and being ourselves, especially with family and at work, where we are typically the least authentic.

Sometimes we might feel the need to let something go (i.e. I'm done going to bars), and other times we might be REALLY drawn to act out in ways that we have never done before. The trick is to be conscious with whatever we are feeling/thinking/saying/doing. I'm seeing some major shifting in people's behavior - don't judge anything, stay curious and conscious, and see what we really need to give ourselves in the moment.

[Christa]

Thank you, Chris! You seem to post exactly what I need to know - each time and in every thread of yours. It's weird and kind of wonderful.

[ChrisL]

You're welcome Christa. And what you're hearing is always more important than what I'm saying, so I have to acknowledge your willingness to find something of value in what I'm saying. I'm sure other people could just as easily walk away, not hearing anything that they could use. We're all different. I'm grateful if something expressed here, by anyone, might help you experience more joy, clarity, love, empowerment and internal validation.

[Summerbreeze]

I can report of resonance too, also thanks for the previous answer.
Speaking of resonance implies that there is stuff that also doesn't resonate.

I'm not close to seeing stuff in their appropriate place, but isn't it conspicuous how many informations get pushed, sensationally/emotionally etc.?

There seems also in spiritual circles be lots of vague/misinformation and people not question it. I sometimes feel ignorant when I have to ask for clarity as it doesn't often seem to make sense.
I'm sometimes not sure if people know what they are channeling and I think the misinformation is preventing the more grounded stuff to disappear for many people, because not everyone has time and fun to dive deep enough into things to get their own truths.

The less common the topic, the more it seems to occur.

From personal experience I can say I felt fascinated by doing all sorts of metaphysics labeled things that can lead to intense experiences.
Though even if you would learn to teleport, you would have to learn to live in the now, if you think about it.
Getting informations that resonates and make a big picture of all seems draining at times, I wonder what the best use of my time is, especially regarding those energies I can't deny.
There is an urge to gain clarity, but at the same time to make not things more complicated then they are, as it's kind of limiting the direct experience of something. Much seems to be more like distraction on a different level.

I feel there is some sort of moving back coming, necessary to concentrate on what's really needed in the moment.

This is not a cohesive plot with clear questions etc., but would love if someone could say something on it.

edit: What is the difference between learning and waking up in spiritual context?

~sb

[ChrisL]

SB - Thanks for diving into this because it's important.

From a spiritual context, it is less about learning (although we can do that to gather more courage to know and accept ourselves), and more a matter of knowing ourselves, unlearning, deconditioning, and remembering who we truly are.

At some point in our spiritual journey, we could get into the "information gathering" stage, where we just want to ask questions, read books, etc to get more information. There are a lot of people on this forum that are like that. The more sincere we are about our journey, the more we are not going to just settle for information - even if it true wisdom from a person/book that can help us see ourselves clearly. At some point learning will feel like it gets in the way, and we will yearn for a direct, personal experience. Learning will still involve the mind to some degree. The most useful wisdom and experiential techniques will lead us to fully accepting ourselves and embracing the present moment beyond the mind.

The intuition of the body and direct wisdom of the soul are both beyond the mind. "Waking up" refers to releasing our tenacious hold onto information of the mind (i.e. beliefs, judgments, comparisons), especially our conflict, and not using the mind as the main director of our experience. The mind is only the stage manager, the soul is the director, and the body is the actor.

So waking up is going to feel more like an epiphany, a sudden knowing, like when you understand the punchline of a joke. It can be more like an Aha moment that takes you by suprise. When it happens, then we are suddenly using more wisdom from our body-soul, so it's like exanding into using more rooms in our mansion that were previously unused. In fact each spiritual progression can have the feeling of reclaiming more of who we are.

Discerning (not judging) what is useful for getting us present, focused, more loving, and more conscious can be really helpful. There can be so many distractions on our path - wanting to have special metaphysical talents, talking about conspiracies, etc, that it can be difficult to stay focused.

Your comment about focusing on what is really needed in the moment sounds exactly on target for you, because that will lead you to the next moment. It's profound in it's simplicity and something that I'm always trying to get clients/students to focus on.

[Laurenaus]

love that post chris!

[Summerbreeze]

That's a lot information in this post. Gracias.

Conditioning seems to make it hard to see the real experience behind those things you are talking about here, for me too.

It's funny it seems like whatever you want/will teach, you have to go through it first.

Will we ever stop laughing about what we did/thought few months or years ago?
This seem to fit with the punchline analogy, which resonates quite good.

I felt 'dead' sick 2 days, now it does seem to have mentally a cleansing effect, there are coming many realizations by itself, wonder if body and mind are so connected, because my mind was also messed up these 2 days to the level of not having control over my thoughts and feeling awful (at night staying half awake).

~sb

[ChrisL]

You're welcome Lauren!

SB - Conditioning can make it impossible to get a handle on reality! lol And with all the internal noise that we typically have going on with our conflicts (i.e. mental chatter, conflicting beliefs, etc), it's almost impossible to be intuitive, because it's like we're mostly creating and focusing on the static, instead of creating clarity to get great reception.

What's the old saying? We teach best what we most need to learn?

I just worked with a client yesterday who had a certain fear about what might happen in the future. Once we delved into it for a few minutes, I got him to see the absurdity of the fact that he was already internally-living his worst fear. So how much worse could it possibly get? ha!

So many of us are living exactly like this, already internally living out our fears while simultaneously trying to resist knowing ourselves on a deeper level. When we can see how we create our reality, including our fears, then we can laugh at ourselves and feel more empowered again. It's like the joke can be on us until we discover the dynamics of what we're doing, then we can laugh and move beyond it.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd much rather laugh because I consciously get the joke and how I created it, than feel like I'm unaware and still the unconscious subject of the joke.

[Christa]

Oh yes, I just had a good laugh over some internal dialogue this morning. I was thinking about what you said in all your threads re internal vs external validation and became quite emotional over the fact that I am still looking for external validation, which means I still don't feel OK about myself etc.

So this is how it went while crying furiously, talking to self: 'I really, really DETEST you for not loving yourself by now!!'

Oh man...!

[Summerbreeze]

Yes, I hear what you both are saying.

One of the points I want to stress is that you really create if you want or not, you can create the static and resist or the more fluid and follow effortlessly your inner stream.

When you 'observe' people you always will see the same patterns, creating the same situations and by choosing an occupation you also can buy into a pattern if you are unconscious enough.
I've worked in an Academy for Personnel and Education and you naturally have there many people coming in and out during seminars.
By spending bit time with them I could tell in which occupation most of the people worked, it was too conspicuous.
We were serving mainly a big university hospital and it's funny how this patterns make you recognize "Ahh you work in the surgery?. Because in the surgery for example you were confronted with typical situations and if you just react to it, you are more like everybody else working there and you can find the pattern even in your personality if you follow it.

Also through the spectrum of 'higher' to 'lower' occupations you could see how the self-talk of the people variated.
People having a job were they are less flexible and earning less were much more complaining, people with freedom doing what they want were opposite, like expressing gratitude the whole time.
The trick is probably to see what was there in the first place.
If you think your job makes you unhappy then you give a mental construct the power away.
If you think your state of being matters then you can attract what you want.

These are not epiphanies, but it can help you to get more consciously aligned with yourself when you bring more consciousness into your relationships.

~sb

[hazelfern]

Originally Posted by Christa

Oh yes, I just had a good laugh over some internal dialogue this morning. I was thinking about what you said in all your threads re internal vs external validation and became quite emotional over the fact that I am still looking for external validation, which means I still don't feel OK about myself etc.

So this is how it went while crying furiously, talking to self: 'I really, really DETEST you for not loving yourself by now!!'

Oh man...!

LOL, thank you, I needed that this morning, I do this all too often, but I am not as clear and concise as this. But when reading this I could immediately see what I do.

[Christa]

Originally Posted by hazelfern

LOL, thank you, I needed that this morning, I do this all too often, but I am not as clear and concise as this. But when reading this I could immediately see what I do.

You're welcome It was really an a-ha moment, I still grin when I think of it.

[ChrisL]

It's strange how we can beat ourselves up, which is why I'm always encouraging everyone to treat themselves like they would treat their child or partner. And the internal dialogue that beats us up - that isn't the real us, just the external conditioning that has been internalized. The trick is to recognize it in the moment and give ourselves what we truly need.

If we can slow ourselves down more and get in our bodies, then everything becomes easier. When we don't judge any experience that we have, we can then track ourselves to see what is needed. If we still have a program going on that says right/wrong, good/bad, then we will skip over our experience like a rock skipping over a stream, and keep attracting things that will help us fully complete.

Laughter is immensely important! In grad school we were taught that a person's health could be gauged on their ability to laugh at themselves. When we can see the absurdity of our self-made situations, then the healing is taking place right at that moment!

[ChrisL]

An Update: I've already posted a little about this in the Alien Announcement thread, but I wanted to talk about this more in this thread.

We have another consciousness boost happening the week of Summer Solstice - June 20 - 26th. Some people already like to honor the seasons instead of the "hallmark" holidays, but the solstices are powerful turning points for human consciousness right now.

What does this mean in practical terms? You might be feeling a stronger sense of well being and contentment about yourself and life in general. Your dreams might indicate where you are still holding onto grudges, anger, blame, sadness, a need to be right - any kind of conflict. You have the ablility to recognize conflicts that have been held for quite a long time, integrate the understanding and shift your perspective. Relationships might get easier as you have new epiphanies and don't take things so personally. Career changes might seem more obvious as you get a clear vision of what you want your life to be. In fact, any changes might seem to be more possible.

Consciously look to see where you might be holding yourself back through your own conflict - relationships, money, career, spirituality. Don't beat yourself up as much as lovingly acknowledge what you have been doing and that you can now release any of your old conditioning in favor of simply being present, conscious and loving.

We have another shift like this at the end of July 2011 - beginning of August, and there is an even bigger collective shift that will happen anytime from now through Winter Solstice 2012. And even more important to know is that any of us can individually shift to become awakened at any point right now - don't feel the need to wait for anyone, because maybe they are waiting on you.

Getting clear on who you are and what you want will help you immensely right now, so get some help/support if you need it. Don't try to go through this alone if you need more clarity and understanding.

This is an amazing time to be alive right now, as life can feel much more effortless. Keep us posted as to how your life is shifting!

[AngelPsychic444]

Oh yesterday... I had an experience of being invisible too... people kept bumping into me when I was out at stores and other places, it was weird, at first I had thought the people were just being rude, but when I would look at their faces as they bumped into me, they looked as if they didn't see me, or were surprized to have me like standing near then since they didn't see me coming.... very strange!

This only lasted for a few days, then everything went back to "normal".... I must be entering 5D more, in the higher dimensions, the more 3D focused people can't see you. High strangeness rules these days!

[veloci]

Okay... Thanks to Chris I have become even more internally validating. I also experienced what I believe to be joy. It is funny how easily I can be cheered up when I think about being happy. Then I feel joy and BAM, that's it nothing is stopping me now! lol, it's a work in progress but my own thoughts, beliefs, whatever are being filtered out until what's left are align with the divine Truth.

Man... It is difficult for others to comprehend what I am going through unless they gone through it themselves! It isn't easy to explain either! It is unique to me as everybody's elses situations are unique to them! Honestly receiving realizations or epiphanies are totally dependent on you. lol, thanks again Chris!

[Isabel]

I recently joined and am so happy to see other people going through the same things. I feel like I have aged, spiritually, 20 years in the past year or so. I have had to leave numerous relationships behind as I just didn't resonate with the negative outlooks and lack of desire to evolve to anything more. I have struggled with this, as my new way of spending a lot of time alone to try to figure things out is the opposite of the party girl/social butterfly everyone was used to. I discovered that I'm an empath, and my intuition has been getting stronger as well. I feel that I can read people and situations like they are transparent. My old friends were killing me inside, little by little. I got tired and finally broke the chains six months ago. I still have a handful of trusted friends, but don't, as yet, have a lot of people who can relate to what we're going through. So it gets a little lonely, at times, but I know that I'm on the right path. I simply have no choice. Thank you for being here.

[PreciousJewel]

Thank you, ChrisL. Thank you, everyone. Brilliant thread. So many answers, here, to issues that have been literally ruining my life!

AngelPsychic recommended I read this thread, as part of a response to a traumatising problem that's been very difficult for me.

Thank you all.

[ChrisL]

Angel - Sounds like you were camouflaging yourself or operating on a different frequency? lol

The same principles apply when we acknowledge ourselves and Creation - we get acknowledged back. Jeshua stated when he entered Jerusalem and the people were celebrating and yelling "If you people didn't acknowledge me, the very rocks and stones themselves would." He knew himself as one with Creation, just like many mystics have, and Creation acknowledged him back. There were numerous stories of St Francis talking with trees, animals, streams. Many indigenous tribes and nature-based spiritual paths (i.e. Druids) have maintained active relationships with a more complete spectrum of beings (i.e. pan realm, angelic, etc) around us.

Veloci - Go "Nike Man" go!

Isabel and Precious - Feel free to share more because you never know how many people will relate to what you're going through or your epiphanies!

[elucidate]

I definitely have been feeling a greater sense of well-being, though I have started taking maca powder every day for the last 8-9 days and I thought this might be the reason? It's been amazing actually, how great I've been feeling lately.

Getting clear has been my aim this last week, you're right there. I've been tapping with EFT and learning more about this way of releasing pent up emotional gunk, lots of stuff has been coming up daily, to look at and clear, so, it's been intense.

I've been a bit lonely lately, but I know I have friends here and support if I need it. I've pretty much cut out all 'toxic' or abusive people from my life, and feel like I am moving each day towards greater self-respect and self-love and just allowing myself to be happy and embrace joy within...though I have been kinda moody lately...up one minute, and bawling the next, then happy again an hour lately. I felt ecstatic last night.

I'm so grateful to be able to come here and receive such comforting and relieving guidance and re-assurance. It's been epic.

[ChrisL]

Elucidate - Thanks for sharing. That feeling of being up then down and up again seems to happening to a lot of people lately. It can also be happening when we are fully opening the heart chakra. The downside is that we can feel like we're going kinda crazy for awhile - the upside is that the feeling shifts into a more grounded, integrated feeling where we don't feel so lonely anymore.

I agree - it really has been epic! Whew - wouldn't want to do this in every life.

[ChrisL]

Happy Summer Solstice everyone!

May you shine as brilliantly as the sun with joy, clarity, integrity, and wellness, radiating your love and consciousness with impartiality to everyone around you.

May you see your divinity reflected in all the people of your life, in every word that is spoken, in every animal and element of nature.

May you become so internally-validating that you live as a tree from the inside out, tapping your roots into the earth and stretching out your branches toward the rain and sun, so that by nourishing yourself in each moment you come to a natural blossoming where you share the essence of your "fragrance and fruit" with every thought, feeling, word and action.

May any lingering feelings of doubt, fear, guilt, anger, resentment, hatred, and blame melt away and evaporate, as you choose forgiveness and embrace the present moment.

May you attract money consistently and more effortlessly so that you have more than enough to give towards others in your community.

May your career reflect all the facets of your being as you maximize yourself in everything that you do.

May you treat every relationship as though it were your last day to fully love the person in front of you as the most sacred being in your life.

May you embrace every day as your last, so that every moment becomes your first.

[Lakwinyan]

Thank you for your wonderful wishes for everyone. I think they are awesome! I'm going to print it out and hang it where I can see it everyday. They will remind me to be all that I can be with conscious intent. Mary

[elucidate]

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Elucidate - Thanks for sharing. That feeling of being up then down and up again seems to happening to a lot of people lately. It can also be happening when we are fully opening the heart chakra. The downside is that we can feel like we're going kinda crazy for awhile - the upside is that the feeling shifts into a more grounded, integrated feeling where we don't feel so lonely anymore.

I agree - it really has been epic! Whew - wouldn't want to do this in every life.

No, definitely wouldn't.

The craziness appears to have passed and I feel , as you say, much more grounded and cleansed from all the bawling

[ChrisL]

What's happening with everyone? We're still in the middle of an energy "boost" that is affecting our consciousness. Are you having a tough time, and effortless time, back and forth? Anything that is helping you that you would like to share with everyone? I'd love to hear from the people that usually just lurk and read - come out and share!

[Christa]

Originally Posted by ChrisL

What's happening with everyone? We're still in the middle of an energy "boost" that is affecting our consciousness. Are you having a tough time, and effortless time, back and forth? Anything that is helping you that you would like to share with everyone? I'd love to hear from the people that usually just lurk and read - come out and share!

I'm a regular lurker, Chris, I love your threads. Yes, this week has been one of extremes, and again I found that 'getting real' helped me most. As a friend of mine put it - we're here to be human and to experience the whole gamut of emotions, not to stay up-beat and positive all the time. However, while I sonorously and easily get really real in private, this week saw me uncharacteristically crying on the shoulders of a colleague, opening up to kind 'strangers' (Well, my house-mates, whom I met only a few weeks ago) by sharing that I'm battling sometimes, and it brought much relief and balance. 'Connection' seems to be the operative word.

I am also very (VERY!) aware of my physical body all of a sudden, and now I make sure every day to massage my skin, sit in the sun a while, drink a lot of water, hug friends.

It's a big'un though, this current shift, and I have wondered about its significance. Any thoughts or advice from your side?

[JackJ]

Originally Posted by ChrisL

What's happening with everyone? We're still in the middle of an energy "boost" that is affecting our consciousness. Are you having a tough time, and effortless time, back and forth? Anything that is helping you that you would like to share with everyone? I'd love to hear from the people that usually just lurk and read - come out and share!

Up and down man Finished my exams on Wednesday, so didn't get to quite enjoy the beginning of the shift as I'd liked, so maybe that's set a negative tone? Been feeling quite sad and emotional. Looked after some baby chicks for the past two days and they were all the company I really needed Beautiful chirping and would cuddle up to me. Just said goodbye to them now though because they need to go back to my sister's, so that was quite heartbreaking

So yes, strange mixes of emotions around a time of many events (end of exams, interviews for some summer work etc.) so we will see how it goes

One cool thing that happened literally an hour ago was my sister sitting down and talking to me about my future plans and being so open-minded She listened about what I wanted to do and was saying how I should spend every moment of life as happy as possible and should just go for what I wanna do rather than spending more time doing stuff that I don't want to just to have back-up plans and whatnot.

Sorry, bit of a rant And emotional right now so a messy one at that. There's more to talk about, but thought I would just share those few moments with you all!

Aloha nui loa,

Jack <3

[ChrisL]

Christa - You popped out of the closet!! Welcome. I'm glad you're feeling more support and getting more in your body.

You know, I'm a big fan of experiencing everything, including every emotion, just doing it more consciously. I know some people get stuck on not wanting to feel certain emotions (i.e. happiness is better than anger, joy is better than sadness), but my experience is that every emotion gets us present and takes us to the next experience. It would be like choosing only the "good" colors for a painting, or only the "good" notes for a song. Silly huh? Yet we all selectively cherry-pick what we want to feel at some point.

Thoughts about this Shift? I've been expressing them throughout this thread and other threads that I've contributed to, but essentially we're moving away from the old 3D version of reality - conflict, struggle, war, competition, seperation of body and soul - into a more unified 4th and 5th dimensional experience of unity.

How will this look? It's going to be different for each person. Right now there are some people who are tremendously acting out to get some kind of pleasure (drugs, sex, rock n roll) as a way to feel temporary relief from their conflict. Some people are projecting onto others - an extreme version of this is called war. Some people are are now cruising through life like a knife through butter (or if you're from NY, that would be butta), manifesting what they want even easier.

Advice? Same things I've been saying since Day 1 on this forum - know yourself, release any conflict, see everyone as sacred. The Summer Solstice wishes for everyone are some decent guidelines as well.

Anything specific you wanted to chat about?